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The Expanding Role of Marine Aquaculture and Fisheries
Enhancement in Sustainable Fisheries
Ken LeberCenter for Fisheries Enhancement
Will the Oceans Help Feed Humanity? Duarte et al., 2009
By 2050, the human population is projected to reach 9,200 million, which is within estimates of the maximum carrying capacity of the planet. A fundamental question for science is
whether it is possible to increase food production enough to feed a human population of that magnitude
Ceilings to Agricultural Food Production These trends show it is
likely that Earth’s capacity to support the human population may be reached within the next 3 decades at population levels below currently proposed estimates.
•Fresh water is increasingly being used for non-food production (biofuels, cotton, etc.)•Climate Change will increase droughts•Crop and grazing areas will have to increase 50% to 70% to feed the population expected by 2050 (but cannot)• Yet crop area fell from .5 to .25 ha per capita from 1960 to 2000
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The Rise of Aquaculture: Projections for Global Seafood Production
Growth in Capture Fisheries Has Ceased and Yields are Even Declining• Declining fisheries yield can be reversed by a
set of policy actions:– Reduced fishing effort– Shift in catches and consumption to small pelagics– Major expansion of marine reserves– Incentives for sustainable fishing habits
• Such policies may allow catches to remain sustainable or even recover some
The Rise of Aquaculture
• In contrast, aquaculture production has been doubling each decade and now provides 40% of aquatic food products
• This 7%/yr growth far exceeds growth in land-based food production (2%/yr)
Duarte et al., 2009. BioScience 59:967-976
Mariculture is on the Rise
• As fresh water aquaculture is increasingly constrained, space & water availability will likely drive aquaculture growth towards mariculture in the long term
• FAO forecasts mariculture will produce 54 to 70 million metric tons by 2020
Duarte et al., 2009. BioScience 59:967-976
There are Some Major Bottlenecks: Feed, Space and Environmental Hazards Must be Overcome
• Maximum possible yield of fishmeal will cap mariculture production at 450 to 500 million tons/yr by 2040
• And agriculture substitutes will already have space and water constraints
• Aquaculture must close the production cycle as agricul. did in the 20th Century
Duarte et al., 2009. BioScience 59:967-976
Increase Efficiency by Lowering the Trophic Level Produced by Aquaculture• 3 to 7 times as much
primary productivity is required to achieve the same yield as in 1 trophic level below
• Mariculture is now at a mean trophic level of 1.898, well below 3.2 of capture fisheries, but above the 1.03 for agriculture & livestock Duarte et al., 2009. BioScience 59:967-976
Current DirectionsExtensive & Semi-Intensive Production Strategies
Pond & Nearshore Cage & ShellfishCulture
Open/Flow-Through Pond and Tank Systems
Future Directions
Intensive Production StrategiesOffshore CagesEnclosed Recirculating
Production Facilities
Center for Aquaculture Researchand Development
The mission of CARD is to develop innovative, and cost-effective methods to produce aquatic species for food, and for fisheries and habitat restoration
Sturgeon GO-IISturgeon GO-III
SturgeonGO-I
SturgeonHatchery &
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StorageMaintenance& Shop
Sturgeon Processing
MarineBroodstock
MarineFish Hatchery
MarineFiltration Red Drum
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Mote Aquaculture Research Park: 2009
SturgeonPurge
SnookPond
Aquaculture Research at MAPDesign & Evaluation of Commercial-Scale Denitrification
Closing the Life Cycle for New Marine Fish Species
Evaluating the Effect of Larval Diets on Growth & Survival
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Commercial Demonstration at MAP
Marketing Sustainable Seafood Products to U.S. Consumers
Siberian Sturgeon
~160 Metric TonsSturgeon
Freshwater Aquaculture Filtration(mechanically filter & reuse 85-90% of water per day)
Biofiltration
Solids filtration
Degassing
Oxygenation
Integrating Aquaculture & Agriculture (passively filter remaining 10-15% using plants)
Cleaning up wastewater & producing aquatic plants for habitat restoration
Additional income stream for agriculture & aquaculture industries
Inland Marine Aquaculture Filtration(Mechanically filter & reuse 100% of water)
Include a primary & wastewater treatment system
Accommodate small (~1”) & later larger (~ 9”) juvenile marine fish
WastewaterTrough
Solids (Drum screen)
Multi-stagebiofilter
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Wastewater Filtration System Components
Waste sump Geotubes for solids
LHO/ozonzation
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Promoting the Growth of Mariculture is the Responsibility of All of Society
Society must be prepared to face major social changes required to adapt to the coming major revolution in food production Acknowledge we cannot depend on other countries to supply our protein in the US Adapt to eating more seafood 1 trophic level lower in the food chain Recognize and move at the “Speed of Need” to develop mariculture responsibly in the US Acknowledge that our grandchildren are facing food shortages in their lifetime
Parallel actions are needed to restore declining fisheries yields Increase incentives for sustainability through catch shares and limited entry Quit fishing the top of the food web Allocation of space to Marine Protected Areas, as we did our National Parks Develop responsible marine stock enhancement capability to restore depleted stocks
These changes depend on social and political leadership, informed by the best available independent scientific knowledge
Marine Fisheries Enhancement
Stock enhancement and conservation hatcheries were partially enabled by aquaculture in the 20th century, but their potential was retarded by the absence of fisheries science in their conductFinally, this field is progressing in the
21st century, but needs to be much more fully developed.
Florida - the Tourist Capital of the World
Florida is the top travel destination in the world76.8 million visitors per year with a $57
billion annual impact on the state economyUniversity Research = $500 million / yrSpace Industry = $4.5 Billion / yrFlorida Sportfishing = ??? / yr
Sportfishing Economic Output
Sportfishing = $7.5 Billion / yr !Saltwater sportfishing alone = $5.1 B / yr
Now have 2,767,000 anglers in FloridaFlorida has 2,002,000 Saltwater anglers
650,000 of those fish freshwater, too885,000 are from out of state
Anglers fish 46,311,000 angler-days / yr24,512,000 days in saltwater
Population will Continue to Increase18,770,000in April 2010
~ Zero growthfor now, but21,300,000by 2020 (~12%)
37,000,000by the time mygrandson (now 1)retires (at 67)
So, how can we sustain fisheries and maintain the current quality of fishing
How is fish abundance maintained?Fishery managers control total catch by
controlling fishing effort with regulations --seasonal closures, size and catch limitations, number of angler licenses (and incentives -- catch shares).Fishery managers could protect & restore
essential fish habitat (increasingly - MPAs)Fishery managers could increase the
number of new young fish (recruits) by stocking hatchery-reared fish
“A Responsible Approach to Marine Stock Enhancement” *
Stay Within Context of Fisheries Management Plan:1. Prioritize Species for Enhancement2. Make a Stocking Plan that Fits with & Helps Achieve the Goals of the
Fishery Management Plan, and Identify the ExpectationsDevelop Sound Enhancement Strategy:
3. Define Quantitative Measures of Success 4. Use Genetic Resource Mgmt. to Prevent Deleterious Effects5. Use Disease and Health Management6. Consider Ecological, Biological, & Life-History Patterns7. Identify Hatchery Fish & Assess Stocking Effects8. Use an Empirical Process to Define Optimal Release Strategies9. Identify Economic & Policy Guidelines (with greater stakeholder
involvement in planning and guiding SE programs)10. Integrate Adaptive Management
(* Blankenship & Leber, 1995)PDF is online at StockEnhancement.org/science/publications.html
Updated “Responsible Approach to Marine Stock Enhancement” *
Stage 1: Initial Appraisal & Goal Setting1. Analyze the fishery system2. Engage stakeholders & develop a rigorous & accountable decision-making process3. Quantitatively assess fishery & the potential contribution of enhancement, harvest &
habitat management to fisheries management goals4. Prioritize and select target species and stocks for enhancement5. Define enhancement system designs suitable for the fishery & management
objectives6. Assess economic and social benefits and costs of enhancement7. Develop effective institutional arrangementsStage 2: Research & Technology Development & Pilot Studies8. Develop appropriate husbandry systems9. Use genetic resource management to avoid deleterious genetic effects10. Use disease and health management11. Ensure that released hatchery fish can be identified12. Use an empirical process for defining optimal release strategiesStage 3: Operational Implementation & Adaptive Management13. Define quantitative measures of success14. Assess ecological impacts15. Use adaptive management to resolve critical uncertainties
(* Lorenzen, Leber and Blankenship, 2010)
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Effect of Enhancements, harvest and habitat management should be modeled, a priori, and integrated into the decision
making process
System Design affects production efficiency & fitness of released fish
-Sourcing of broodstock-Production of ‘wild-like types’
-Minimize domestication
Genetic Management Is Essential
Avoid transfer of exogenous alleles
Avoid change in gene frequencies
Avoid inbreeding and outbreeding depression
Virtually all aspects of enhancement research and management require the
ability to identify released fish
SURVIVAL IS HIGHLY
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Release Habitat
Release Season
Size-at-Release (SAR)
Interactive Effects
Results of Pilot Studies to Optimize Release Protocol
Field Experiments to
Maximize Survival
Pilot Releases to Assess Stocking Effectiveness
Release DesignDay 1: Stocked Acclimation pens
Day 3: Released snook from acclimation pens & also Stocked non-acclimated snook
NCO NCMCCLNCL
NCO NCMCCLNCLReplicated this experiment 3 times
Acclimation effect on recapture rateOf hatchery-released snook
…assess enhancementEffectiveness
Small-scale stocking clearly making a contribution to a valuable fishery in Florida
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34” Hatchery Snook -- 6” when released Apr 1999 in Bowlees Creek
Caught July 2004 in Bowlees Creek
Adaptive Management is Crucial Recognize “Production - Enhancement”
management dichotomy
ReleaseStrategy
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Production Impact Assessment
Management Plan
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Responsible Approach UpdateWe have provided a set of issues that need to be
addressed if enhancements are to be developed or reformed responsibly
The new responsible approach differs from its predecessor in that it takes a broad systems view of enhancements and accords equal weight to the dynamics of their biological and human components
It requires an integrated, quantitative and participatory analysis of the contribution enhancement could make to fishery management goals, which should be conducted at the very beginning of any enhancement initiative
StockEnhancement.org/science/publications.html
Florida Fish & Wildlife’s new statewide replenishment initiative
Http://www.fmfei.org
Questions?